Should Riyad Mahrez play for the club again?

[ARM1968]

22 minutes ago, Fox 4 Life said:

I see the Algerian coach also piping up with "Mahrez deserves better than Leicester". He deserves a better country than Algeria too, like France but hey we can't win them all.

France?  Nowhere with public toilets that obscene can ever be considered better than anywhere. 

[the fox]

4 minutes ago, Fox 4 Life said:

That's the irony, it's fine for the manager to talk about Leicester however the same applies to his team.

well, he can't change his nationality now can he? riyad is algerian and riyad also has a contract until 2020. it's not like him saying that will get him a new team tomorrow.
 

[Fox 4 Life]

3 minutes ago, the fox said:

well, he can't change his nationality now can he? riyad is algerian and riyad also has a contract until 2020. it's not like him saying that will get him a new team tomorrow.
 

So it's about time he stopped being a primadonna cry baby and got on with his job. 

[Fox1norfolk]

8 minutes ago, Fox 4 Life said:

So it's about time he stopped being a primadonna cry baby and got on with his job. 

He should also take note of an ex team mate, Mr Drinkwater who moved to a 'big' club, getting very little game time, always on the bench and tonight at watford probably stay there!

[Guest]

36 minutes ago, the fox said:

yes he does. and i'm algerian.

but make sure to not throw the same "he's too big for you" talk if you got offended by it in the first place. glass houses, aye? i see both perspectives and i'm not mad at all when people say that he's too big for the algerian NT because he is!

He wouldn't get in the French team though.

 

17 minutes ago, the fox said:

well, he can't change his nationality now can he? riyad is algerian and riyad also has a contract until 2020. it's not like him saying that will get him a new team tomorrow.
 

Do you really think he thinks he's Algerian?

 

He's French with 1 Algerian parent and 1 Moroccan parent.

[Carl the Llama]

If he wants to come back then let him play, whether he apologises or not.  But in the event of the latter I'd be very happy for the owners to use him then break the bank for a replacement in the summer and let Riyad rot on the bench of the development squad for the rest of his contract and refuse all offers however ludicrous.  Not that I'm spiteful or anything.

[Redouane]

1 hour ago, FIF said:

Chill playafanboy. Vardy was quite shit first half of last season, Mahrez was shit all season - you seem to blame everyone except Mahrez

 

 

Mahrez should "come back" because he's a Leicester City player with a handsome contract. I only critisize his shit performances because he can do so much more - just like I criticised every player when they played shit last season. I am happy that Diabaté, Sliva and Iheanacho are getting a chance whilst Mahrez cheats the Leicesterfans.

 

If you were a Leicester fan you'd be unhappy too. I'm surprised that you're not unhappy with Mahrez being as he isn't living upto your high expectations but then again I suppose it's easier just to blame everyone else and not the man breaking his contract.

I'm not defending Mahrez, I'm just pointing out the blatant hypocrisy in your opinions. You claim that I think everyone is wrong but Mahrez, but I think you are the one who believes everyone is right but Mahrez.

 

I never said Vardy was shit, I'm just using your argument to prove to you how your statement made no sense. I've never seen you once criticize Vardy even though he had an abysmal first half of a season, last year. 

 

Also the contract isn't as handsome as you make it seem to be based on other players valued at at 95 million. 100k a week is nothing in the premier league. So don't you think that if Vichai really wanted to keep Mahrez, he would make it worth his while? You can't value him at 95 million and pay him like somebody valued at 30 million. 

 

But hey in your definition, if being a fan means you must be blindly loyal, then I probably am not a fan as you say - total BS. That's like saying me being a proud Algerian means that I see no flaws in my country. 

 

I've said numerous times that the way that Mahrez and his people are handling the situation is a total mess. But there is an overwhelming majority of people on here villainzing him, and I'd like to argue the other side of the story, even though I can admit to you that he should stop being a baby and come back. 

 

Also you completely evaded my argument, you criticize him constantly even when he plays well, and now you want him back. For what? To criticize him again? 

That's the point. 

 

 

[the fox]

2 minutes ago, FIF said:

He wouldn't get in the French team though.

 

Do you really think he thinks he's Algerian?

 

He's French with 1 Algerian parent and 1 Moroccan parent.

and why should i care? if he's good enough, he's good enough.

he comes to algeria alot and he choose algeria before morocco. if he didn't play for us before his poty season and opted for france i wouldn't begrudge him.
 he would've got his move long ago like kante though.

[Redouane]

49 minutes ago, Fox 4 Life said:

I see the Algerian coach also piping up with "Mahrez deserves better than Leicester". He deserves a better country than Algeria too, like France but hey we can't win them all.

The Algerian coach is a moron. I hate him so much.

 

[Wymsey]

34 minutes ago, Gerbold said:

I heard on Radio Leicester tonight from one of the studio members that the offer from MC was closer to £45m plus a player (the mysterious Mr £19m?). Did anyone else listen and pick up on that? If so that puts a whole different complexion on the matter.

There has been comment about the lack of confidentiality before  the negotiations between the clubs.

Again, there was brief comment about Guardiola 'cosying up' to Mahrez at some game. It may have been that Guardiola was making encouraging noises to him.

Someone told Mahrez that MC were interested in him. Only they wouldn't have been privy to the sums that were offered. Once he knew they were coming in for him nothing else would have mattered - whether it was £2 or £65m. He'd already concluded that he was on his way - not taking into account Leicester's discussions.

Mahrez is ultimately responsible for not keeping the lid on his emotions but I'd love to know who'd been rattling his cage.

 

Very likely his agent had, considering the huge amount of commission they can get nowadays from player sales..

 

You remind me of @Thracian in your posting style and your reasoning..

 

[Joefox]

I think he’s done. Can’t see him playing again. How will all his colleagues feel if he just walks straight back in to the team after his latest strop?

[Gerard]

3 hours ago, RODNEY FERNIO said:

My gut feeling is that he will end up at Chelsea in the summer to join up with Kante and Drinkwater.

My reasoning being that I can't see Hazard being at Chelsea next season and they will need a replacement,

That should please the Chelsea fans ... well maybe not. 

 

I think this too.

 

i can see Hazard going to Real Madrid and Chelsea not qualifying for the Champions League. Chelsea give us an acceptable bid which Man City low ball us again and we tell Mahrez he wither goes Chelsea or stays here.

[the fox]

6 minutes ago, Wymeswold fox said:

Very likely his agent had, considering the huge amount of commission they can get nowadays from player sales..

 

You remind me of @Thracian in your posting style and your reasoning..

 

 i thought the same! but gerbold's post are a bit better imo

 

[Lionheart10]

1 hour ago, the fox said:

well, he can't change his nationality now can he? riyad is algerian and riyad also has a contract until 2020. it's not like him saying that will get him a new team tomorrow.
 

He's French.

[Wymsey]

'Algeria coach Rabah Madjer said Mahrez "deserves better than Leicester" but urged his player to resume training.'..

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A player can only deserve better than a team that made him the terrific player he can be if he shows 100% commitment to his current club, no matter their transfer speculation imo.

Edited 5 February 2018 by Wymeswold fox

[Finn Claw II]

So has he turned up to training yet?

 

i reckon the entire squad should buy and wear Man City kits with Mahrez 26 on them for that first training season.

 

Bantz

 

[the fox]

8 minutes ago, Lionheart10 said:

He's French.

don't care! he plays for algeria.

Edited 5 February 2018 by the fox

[Blue ROI]

Mahrez not only has to think of his current playing status but how is it going to look for his future chances as an ambassador for the game, punditry chances and get togethers for the title winning sides.

 

Whatever your opinion on Mahrez the current situation is not doing any good for his image down the line.

[5waller5]

I disagree with the question .... should be yes or no.

 

I voted yes, because i want him to .... not that we need him to.

[holyfox]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42953586

 

Sutton coming out and calling Mahrez to stop being a baby and Ian Wright criticising his advisers. Some balance for a change in the media

[Redouane]

1 hour ago, Gerbold said:

This is too complex an issue for this tit-for-tat feuding. There are too many unknowns in this whole sorry saga to enable anyone to make hard-and-fast condemnations of any of the 'players' involved. Human nature predicts that the individual will blame anyone but himself when something goes wrong. Only after time and consideration can he or she begin to see the bigger picture. I hope Riyadh is beginning to come to terms with his huge disappointment.

It's the same with the fans - their blind loyalty to City generated the negative reaction to his response. His blind loyalty to himself led to his anger with the Club.

Your comment about linking his pay to his value holds no currency whatsoever. Most of the Premier League squad players are earning far less than £100k. I suspect he himself would have gone to Manchester on the same salary as he earns at Leicester. Both pay and value are both arbitrary measures of value - no-one who can do a job they love worries over much about what the boss thinks they're worth or how much they're earning -  within reason - one has to live, after all.

If we were not blindly loyal to this club then what would we be - do you think people would travel up to Newcastle or down to Southampton in the middle of winter if they weren't a little crazy. You promote your objectivity but you don't recognise what LCFC means to its followers. We're all slightly crazy to follow a football club - I realised that many years ago. I might love Leicester City but they don't love me. I've taken a dislike to quite a few figures who've been associated with the Club and I don't like some of my fellow fans.

I think you are more of a Mahrez fan than a City fan but that's ok - at least you admire an individual rather than an haphazard collection of mercenaries. The one thing I unreasonably expect is that the players show Leicester loyalty - but why should they when LCFC show them scant loyalty. The one iron-clad arbiter is the contract. When everyone has exhausted who's right and wrong, who's correct and who's mistaken, then the contract is there to arbitrate. Sad but true.

I don't think i have earned the right to say that I am a Leicester fan, since most fans have been supporting for years through bigger struggles than the likes of last season. 

 

I do enjoy watching Leicester play, and I even watched the last two games and cup games where Mahrez didn't play. So I'd like to at least clear that up, so that you don't think I just watch mahrez play. I genuinely like the club, just not as much as most people on here.

 

But then again, becoming a die hard fan takes years. 

[Albert]

Personally speaking & having thought about this long & hard ive come to the conclusion that I don’t want to see him pull on our jersey again!

His memories will live forever & over time I’ll prob feel different but for now I’m done with him.

Without doubt he’s one of the best, if not THE best players I’ve seen pull on the shirt but for me his recent actions are a total disgrace, hugely disrespectful but most of all an absolute insult to the badge, club, owners & especially us fans.

Everyone of us has supported him every step of his journey to becoming one of the Worlds elite players and after what he’s helped us achieve not one person connected to LCFC would begrudge him a move to a bigger club.

He has seemed to forget all of that though, totally disregarded the meaning of respect or loyalty and instead thrown his toys out of the pram claiming he’s depressed despite the fact he’s on a contract of 100k+ a week. A completely selfish act! Perhaps if he wanted to leave he shouldn’t of signed his contract without a release clause!

For me his actions are unforgivable & a kick in the teeth which he should be made to learn from. Players that want to be here & develop should be given the game time.

He’s made his bed so he should be made to lie in it until he gets the move he so desperately wants in the summer! 

 

 

[Redouane]

1 hour ago, Lionheart10 said:

He's French.

French-born Algerians tend to identify as Algerians in most cases. My two nieces under the age of 6, born and raised in France, tell me they are Algerian. They probably don't even have the notions of nationality yet, but they they were taught from an early age that they are Algerian.

 

Then again, in France, 2nd or even 3rd generation immigrants are stilled referred to by their origins (like French-Algerian). So until France fully integrates immigrants as French, this trend will continue 

 

 

Edited 6 February 2018 by Redouane

[ZeGuy]

2 hours ago, the fox said:

well, he can't change his nationality now can he? riyad is algerian and riyad also has a contract until 2020. it's not like him saying that will get him a new team tomorrow.
 

He ain't algerian. His father was but he's not. He was born, raised and trained in France. Algeria just collected the benefits without investing one penny or a second on him. He chose the algerian team because of his late father's wish, as far as I know, which is a pity since he'll never win anything relevant with your national team. You might have talented footballers but you don't have any stability or structures that will allow you to thrive. That's why you gave us a hard time in WC 2014 and you're going to watch this one on TV.

Edited 6 February 2018 by ZeGuy

[limeydale]

I don't think he's coming back, he'd be relinquishing the only power he has; and if he did  Top would crush him.

IF I was the owner and the little fuk wanted to play for us again, I'd Trump his ass by giving him 3 options:- suk every teammates dik, take every teammates dick or take a 75% pay cut and sit on the bench. But that's in my world.